The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. The ACS replaced the decennial census long form in 2010 and thereafter by collecting long form type information throughout the decade rather than only once every 10 years. Questionnaires are mailed to a sample of addresses to obtain information about households -- that is, about each person and the housing unit itself. The American Community Survey produces demographic, social, housing and economic estimates in the form of 1-year, 3-year and 5-year estimates based on population thresholds. The strength of the ACS is in estimating population and housing characteristics. It produces estimates for small areas, including census tracts and population subgroups. Although the ACS produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates,it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns, and estimates of housing units for states and counties. For 2010 and other decennial census years, the decennial census provides the official counts of population and housing units.

Dimensions

Geography

United States

Alabama

Autauga County

Baldwin County

Barbour County

Bibb County

Blount County

Butler County

Calhoun County

Chambers County

Cherokee County

Chilton County

Clarke County

Coffee County

Colbert County

Covington County

Cullman County

Dale County

Dallas County

DeKalb County

Elmore County

Escambia County

Etowah County

Franklin County

Geneva County

Houston County

Jackson County

Jefferson County

Lauderdale County

Lawrence County

Lee County

Limestone County

Macon County

Madison County

Marengo County

Marion County

Marshall County

Mobile County

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Morgan County

Pike County

Randolph County

Russell County

St. Clair County

Shelby County

Talladega County

Tallapoosa County

Tuscaloosa County

Walker County

Winston County

Alaska

Anchorage Municipality

Fairbanks North Star Borough

Juneau City and Borough

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Race or ethnicity

All

Variable

Male

Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers and unpaid family workers

Local government workers

Private for-profit wage and salary workers

Employee of private company workers

Self-employed in own incorporated business workers

Federal government workers

Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers

State government workers

Female

Private for-profit wage and salary workers

Employee of private company workers

Self-employed in own incorporated business workers

Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers

State government workers

Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers and unpaid family workers

Federal government workers

Local government workers

Data type

Estimate

Margin of Error

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